Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The Meme of Seven (and not Se7en my blog designer!)

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Ya know, it somehow just doesn't seem right ... you go away for a couple of days to rest and recuperate, maybe get the creative batteries recharged, give your overworked fingers a break, and while you're gone the Queen of Memes tags you with a meme. The Queen, mind you - not just a fellow blogger that you think maybe you can fool by just "forgetting" to the do the meme until enough time goes by and you hope they've forgotten all about it. Oh no - this is a tag from a woman with a dungeon for pity's sake! And who knows what sort of devices of torture she has down in that dungeon of hers? She might poke you with the Soft Cushions or worse yet make you stay in the Comfy Chair until lunch time, with only a cup of coffee at eleven. Oh the horrors! The horrors!

Well, I gotta tell you, this here blogger isn't going to risk such treatment so I shall certainly set upon completing my assigned meme in a timely manner and forgo a trip to Bloggingham Palace; though I hear it's lovely there this time of year! Still, I would rather make a trip when I have been invited for tea and crumpets rather than being called on the carpet for ignoring a royally issued meme. To that end I present to you the Meme of Seven ...

This meme!Visit more Civil War battlefieldsGo to the Cancun Mexican Restaurant in Stockton, California and order a #13 then enjoy every single bite of it!Spend more time at Lake TahoeDance at my daughters' weddings (and yes, Amanda, I said dance!)Attend my grandson's high school graduationPlay blackjack at a $25 table and not be nervous (the most I've ever put down at one time was $15 and it terrified me!)

Eat Chinese food while talking a caller through CPR (it takes a long time to do 400 chest compressions!)Type a little faster than 75 wpmBake a New York style cheesecake that is to die for (ok, maybe not die for but it is darned good)Play a mean game of ScrabbleWrite something that will make people smile from time to timeFinish this meme in a timely mannerEventually answer my email!

A good sense of humor ("pull my finger" does not count)IntelligenceStrong armsLeather motorcycle bootsGainful employmentA gentle scent of after-shave (don't bathe in it for crying out loud!)A sense of romance

"American Base to Car ____""Received""Amanda, how many times have I told you ...?""I feel like Death eating a cracker.""I really don't want to get out of bed this morning!""Amanda, I thought I asked you to empty the dishwasher?""How is it that I work all this overtime and we're still broke?"

John CusackOrlando Bloom in his role as Legolas in LOTRThe older Sean ConneryJ.K. SimmonsPatrick Stewart (it's that voice!)Kevin Costner in his Bull Durham daysWhen I was really young - Bobby Sherman

Sleep poorlyWorry about financesRead a book when I fail to even sleep poorlyHave some very strange dreams that I usually can't remember the next dayToss and turnKick the covers off - pull the covers up - kick the covers off - pull the covers upLook at the clock and dread having to get up soon

SunscreenA canopyAn air mattress and a pumpLots and lots of booksMatches and candlesBug spraySomeone to talk to!

The CloserRescue MeCold CaseBoston LegalUgly BettyGrey's Anatomy (though I may have to rethink that one after last season)House

Dispatchers could never have guns - electronics are expensive!I'm sure I'd have a full-blown case of road rageI have a very low tolerance for stupid peopleSometimes I scare easily and accidents happen!NoParticularReason

A cup of coffee in the morningAirWaterFoodShelterAppreciationMusicA decent pair of sneakers

A good cup of coffee in the morning!Crisp, Fall daysMy kidsComments on my blog posts!Phone calls from CyndiAdvances in disc replacement surgeryThe hope that someday I might be able to retire and enjoy life

Stay up all nightWrite really long lettersRead the Sunday morning comicsBake hundreds upon hundreds of Christmas cookiesRide on carousels (I get dizzy)Play softballChange myself to suit someone else

I have a tendency to be cynicalI have a tendency to be sarcasticI appear unapproachable to people at timesI need a certain amount of personal spaceI can be a real smart ass at timesI'm intelligent and apparently men find that scary (I was told this by a man so it must be true, right??)I am pretty picky about who I call "friend"

InfancyGrade schoolMiddle schoolHigh schoolSingleMarriedDivorced

T'would seem that I should now tag a few other folks for this one but I think I'm going to cut everyone a break and let you tag yourselves should you so desire. You can let me know if you do, though, as I'd love to see your answers!

Loved the gun comment about the equipment. As a frequent scanner listener (Nashville metro -- and we don't watch tv)...I can see how that is a temptation! There aren't enough thanks for what emergency dispatchers do!

That is a great job on a meme Linda. Play the $25.00 table huh..........

I was in a poker tournament once and bet all in with 46,500 chips, notice I said chips not dollars, the tournament cost $40.00 to enter and we started with 1,500 chips. I lost BTW. Sometimes we make bad decisions.

My heavens, that was a loooonnnggg meme! I'd be forgetting where I was, what my thoughts were by the third box there! Great job you did with it though. Is there anything left about you we don't know now?

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